I need iMovie but can't upgrade to Mavericks (on a MacBook plastic case early 2008, running 10.6.8)

I used to have IMovie on my MacBook (plastic case early 2008), running 10.5.8.
Then I upgraded to 10.6.8, and added extra memory, it's 2 GB now. Thus I lost iLife, that I used to have.
I tried to purchase iMovie 11 but it requires 10.9 or higher.
Unfortunately I cannot upgrade, because my Mac Book is too old (only aluminium case ones from late 2088 can upgrade).
So...what should I do?
Look for older versions of iLife/iMovie, but where do I get them?
Or can I get iMovie 6 and the rest of iLife from my old installation disks (10.5.8) of when I purchased the MacBook? And how do I do that?

Thanks!
iLife '09 apparently requires 4 GB and I only have 2. I'll see if I can find the DVD that had to be in my original machine box.

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I recently tried to update my software to OSX Mavericks but it comes up with an error saying I can't download it on my computer?
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AaronMitchell91 wrote:
I have a Early 2008 MacBook Air
Couldn't I get a hard copy of OSX Mavericks and load it onto my MBA?
Can't, and it wouldn't work if you could.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842
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Again, some proof would be nice
Instead of just making a casual, blanket statement, why don't you just post the actual install procedure here, then.
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It doesn't really make sense for the drive to suddenly fail. I don't even think Mavericks fully began installing... it downloaded the file, rebooted and then said that the install failed.
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Here's what I've attempted to do...
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** Root file system
Executing fsck_hfs (version diskdev_cmds-491.6-3).
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Invalid extent entry
(4, 0)
** The volume could not be verified completely.
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fsck failed!
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continuing
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Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Invalid extent entry
The volume could not be verified completely.
Volume repair complete.
Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
Error: Disk Utility can't repair this disk... disk, and restore your backed-up files."
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